# *- coding: utf-8 -*-
""" Simple (really simple) module to provide text to speech output in a chat window."""
import logging as original_logging
logger = original_logging.getLogger('core.output')
from accessible_output2 import outputs
import sys

speaker = None
retries = 0

def speak(text, interrupt=0):
	global speaker, retries
	if not speaker:
		setup()
	try:
		speaker.speak(text, interrupt)
	except:
		if retries < 5:
			retries = retries + 1
			speak(text)

def setup ():
	global speaker
	logger.debug("Initializing output subsystem.")
	try:
		speaker = outputs.auto.Auto()
	except:
		logger.exception("Output: Error during initialization.")

def enable_sapi():
	speaker = outputs.sapi.SAPI5()